About the catering… I’m not entirely sure we should claim back the GST, as previously when we met with Kastam Malaysia, we had indicated that we will input catering at section F. Which means whatever, the caterers charge us, we mark up 10% and because it is now a profit margin, we are liable to pay the 6% GST. This is especially so, when the catering comes from outside the airport duty free zone, such as hotels.
So if the catering bill is RM100, the hotel/caterer would charge us RM106. We would then charge our client RM 116.6 (RM106 + 10%) + 6% = RM123.60. This means we pay Kastam Malaysia RM7.00, but we claim back RM6.00, so essentially Kastam Malaysia gets RM1.00.
However, we now have moved catering to section B, as this allows us to charge a 15% admin fee, instead of the 10& mark-up, on the catering bill of RM106. We do not have to charge the 6% on the RM15.90 (15% of RM106) to our client. Hence, we charge a total of RM121.90 to our client.
RM121.90 – RM106(paid to caterer) + RM6.00(claim back from Kastam) = RM21.90 (which we keep)
If we claim GST RM6.00 back from Kastam Malaysia, this also means that they will not get anything.
I’m just wondering if we should claim back the GST, if we are, in turn, not charging any GST to the client?
AAG (Ari/Shashi) has mentioned that we should keep an eye on the amount of GST that we are claiming back vs the amount of GST that we are paying. If the amount that we are claiming back is too high in comparison, that will trigger the red-flag to go up and we will likely to be audited by Kastam.
It’s just a thought. What do you think? Maybe Sao can give some input into this as well? How do other countries practice their GST/VAT rules?
I have attached the Kastam GST Confirmation 2000815 Letter that was signed and chopped by their officer.
Maybe I am being too over cautious, but just want to throw this idea around as I assume we want to avoid a GST audit as much as possible. Additionally, ours is not a common business model and no one has the hard and fast rules for our business model. I’m just afraid Kastam will turn around and say that we are claiming too much ?
Appreciate if you could please let me know your thoughts on this.